dia de muertos Sugar skull molds

​you can buy skull molds online but most of them come with only half and are huge. those molds are usually for cakes or cookies.
Luckly i design 3d printed prototypes for a living and was able to bang out molds quick.
I made these with the ability to be resized in your printer and made them so they can be printed with minimal or no support.
anyways i made some bigger ones but honestly smaller ones dry quicker and use less sugar. also the ones i bought and i eat in mexico were often small'
anyways you need to mix sugar with water. ad water little by little until you squish the sugar and retains shape. if it's too wet it will stick to the mold and if itss to dry it will fall apart. so just play with the amount of water.. it's always better to begin with little water and adding water instead of the other way around

i push the sugar into the mold and leave flat edges so both halfs can be glued together. i also push the sugar and try to leave a little round gap in the middle to save sugar and help it dry.

you can also add egg whites or merengue powder but i wouldnt do that as it will be questionable if you try to eat it.

i usually slam the molds on aluminum foil and a tray. it should come out in shape if ti doesnt you got to play with the water sugar ratio

once you have enough skulls you put the skulls in the oven at 200 degrees fahrenheit for about 20 minutes

dont touch the skulls until they cool down and dry out. they will be fragile for about 10-20 minutes.. more if the skulls are larger

once they dry you can glue them together with white icing.. once it dries it is almost like glue.

after that make your icing or buy some at the craft store. i recommend making royal icing as the one from the store usually drips down

.2 mm at 80 speed.

i have no patience so i go way faster and print with no supports but the molds ended up needing some fixing with a hot iron.